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| - We went for the winterlicious dinner.
The starter salad was good, the desert flavourful and smart.
But the mains seriously disappointed. The steak was medium rare, a good cut, but I wasn't asked how I wanted it prepared. The 'vegetable pot pie' that accompanied it was only barely warm when it arrived, and was, nonetheless, over-cooked and dry. It contained a very thin layer of slightly soggy vegetable, mainly carrot in a nice pastry shell that was too dried out at the edges to eat. The idea that in 2011 a main would include virtually no vegetables - well, it's shocking is all I can say. Is it because it is a winterlicious sampler menu? Would it have added so much cost to the main to throw on some beans or peas?
My partner got the snapper main and it also sorely lacked in the vegetable department. His fish was dry, completely without character, and a little chewey at the edges.
We appreciate that the winterlicious menu isn't the standard fare of the restaurant, but if it had been impressive, we would have gone back. As it is, this restaurant won't be on our list, and we won't be recommending it to anyone.
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